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A Mother's Story
By Shirley Dicks
My son is on death row for a crime he did not commit, and time has almost run out for him. I am trying, somehow or somewhere to find help for him.
My son was with his friend Donald Strouth on the day of the crime in …
My son is on death row for a crime he did not commit, and time has almost run out for him. I am trying, somehow or somewhere to find help for him.
My son was with his friend Donald Strouth on the day of the crime in …
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More from this issue:
- Klan Papers Get into Texas Prisons but PLN is Banned
- Florida Corruption
- Fully Informed Jury Amendment
- Editorial Comments, by Ed Mead
- Prisoners' 1983, by JD Enquist
- Authority, by JD Enquist
- Digital Probe Costs Nevada $4,000
- Full Due Process Required Before Termination of Work Release Status
- Long-term Negligence Might State a Deliberate Indifference Claim
- Severe Injury Not Required for Damage Claim Against Guards for Assault
- Transsexual Wins Hormones Case
- Free Supreme Court Opinions
- Reviews, by Paul Wright
- A Mother's Story, by Shirley Dicks
- Warehouses of Misery, by Wm Daniel Ravenscroft
- Lines in the Sand, by Paul Wright
- The Initiative Process, by M R
- Let's Get Educated, by M Bottom
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- A Mother's Story, Nov. 15, 1990
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